Guadalajara vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Guadalajara	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1120	$758
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2706	$1996
🏠 One person rent	$529	$322
🏘️ Family rent	$919	$570
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$89.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$739	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	49	97
😀 Quality of life	63	75
🏙️ Population	1.46M	18.7M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 48% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 4902nd and 6838th ($1120 vs $758) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 36th in Mexico and China, respectively. Check Mexico vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Guadalajara compared to 1 months in Guangzhou. Guadalajara ranked 4th best city to live in Mexico vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 5577th and 2100th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guadalajara vs Guangzhou

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	Guadalajara	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.6	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.13	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.07
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.44	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$472
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1245	$862
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$757	$410
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.8	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.7	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.3	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.86%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2697	$9090
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2377	$3370
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27	$24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.5	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$2.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.34	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$5.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$8.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.58	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.55	$5.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$5.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$2.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.9	$52.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.26	$6.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$38.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$70.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$220	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10889	$14783

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1162
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$913
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$929
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1058
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$749
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$815
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$717
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1030
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$873
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1296
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$832
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$858
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$861
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$901
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$860
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1108
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$753
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$896
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$894
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$615
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$846
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$873
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$764
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$803
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1184
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$872
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$943
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$857
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$687
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$926
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1166

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$589
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$662
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$829
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$777
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$518
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$662
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$827
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$878
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1746
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$608
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$816
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2414
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$766
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$892
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$809
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$765
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$941
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$766
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$773
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$750
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$579
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$669
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$451
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$897
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$454
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$693
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$546
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$634
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$574
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$622
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$697
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$677